K-9 partner recovers from injuries

9:36 PM,
Apr. 30, 2013

Police K-9 Pajko with his handler, Patrol Officer Jason Thomas.

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Pajko, the Cedar City K-9 partner injured in the line of duty, was scheduled to be released from a Las Vegas animal hospital Tuesday after undergoing surgery Saturday.

A Belgian Malinois, Pajko suffered his injury when answering a call with the Cedar City Police on Thursday.

Lt. Darin Adams, patrol division commander for the department's K-9 program, said Pajko underwent surgery at Las Vegas Veterinary Specialty Center. The veterinarian, he said, found two herniated disks: one between the sixth and seventh cervical vertebrae and another one between the fifth and sixth vertebrae. The ...